Conversations with ... Robert Blendon, MD

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by George Lundberg, MD, Editor-at-Large, Produced by Elbert Chu, Associate Producer, MedPage Today
July 06, 2013

"Conversations with ..." is a series of exclusive video interviews with leaders of medical research and policy. In this segment, George Lundberg, MD, discusses the future of Medicare and physician payment with Robert Blendon, ScD, professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard School of Public Health.

With over 35 million additional people gaining medical coverage in the next couple years under the Affordable Care Act, the pressing question is, "Who will pay the physicians providing care?" Complicating the picture, Blendon told MedPage Today are the states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid coverage.

Outstanding issues such as these may not be fully resolved until the 2014 election, Blendon noted during our visit earlier this year. "There will be candidates who will run who say, not that I can repeal this, we should way slow this down, it's too expensive, it's too big," said Blendon. "Others will say, now it's the time for America to move on and do this thing."

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